Posted on May 28th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
I gave this presentation to a SPIN meeting the other day and promised that I would post it. So here it is: Patterns&Antipatterns in Enterprise Adoption I’ve blogged on this topic before ( see post) but as agile continues to cross the chasm to the enterprise, new anti-patterns emerge (or perhaps they were always there and I [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
Note: this is the third in a series of posts on the changing role of product management as the enterprise transitions to agile development methods. This series in turn, is a continuation of the series on the Role of Product Manager and Product Owner in the Agile Enterprise which can be found in the Product [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
As a new entry into the software development conference marketplace, (along with all of the implications for potential impact implied by its labels), Lean & Kanban 2008 has created a bit of a buzz in the blogosphere. What follows is a short summary of some of the action: The presentations for all the speakers from [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
Note: this is the second post in a series on the changing role of product management as the enterprise transitions to agile development methods. This series in turn, is a continuation of the series on the Role of Product Manager and Product Owner in the Agile Enterprise which can be found in the Product Manager/Product [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
Note: this is the first post in a series on the changing role of product management as the enterprise transitions to agile development methods. This series in turn, is a follow on series to the Role of Product Manager and Product Owner in the Agile Enterprise which can be found in the Product Owner/Product Manager [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
Recently. I was interviewed by Michael Cote, of the Agile Executive, to get my perspective on current issues, topics and strategies in enterprise agility. The interview does a pretty good job of exploring some of the larger issues in enterprise level adoption, including the best guidance I can provide on approaching the project office (or PMO) and how to address the [...]
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Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
On reflection, the Lean and Kanban conference was one of the most impactful events I’ve attended in many years. In addition to Mike Cottmeyer’s blog, John Heintz has done at an excellent summary of the conference. Also, a few of my personal reflections can be found at Israel Gat’s Agile Executive blog here.
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Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
I was thinking of posting some summary of the rich content presentations at this amazing conference. But my colleague Mike Cottmeyer (a founding member of the Lean Software and Systems Consortium) is doing a great job of summarizing the presentations on his blog www.Leading Agile.com.
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Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
For some time, I’ve been collaborating with some industry leaders about the potential to utilize lean methods and practices as a mechanism for 1) helping scale agility across the full enterprise and 2) providing new tools and techniques to further advance software engineering and management practices beyond the bounds of our current agile constructs. In days prior to the Lean & Kanban 2009 [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Dean Leffingwell
I just posted this presentation, my keynote for the 2009 Lean&Kanban conference, on the resource page. For more on the topic, see the whitepaper (also on the resource page) or the requirements category on this blog.
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